- Date
- February 27, 1983, 15:25 local (23:25 UTC)
- Place
- Kerman, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N40160Ayres S2R-R3S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830227005349A
- Case key
- 23429
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft returning from a spray mission collided with a tree and crashed near the pilots home. The pilot made a low passover his house to let his wife know he had returned. He made a spray run over his own vineyard and collided with a largetree while pulling up and rolling. After tree contact the acft kept rolling and impacted the ground. No evidence was found to indicate any pre-impact failures in equipment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40160
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R-R3S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R3S-007
- Airframe hours
- 975
- Engine
- Wright R1820-71, 1,200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Spray, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 31, 1982 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- Q77 · Kerman, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.